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It's the year 2112. There was a very old man with silver hair in this very old town. He was a grouch and a pain in the arse, and oddly the last person on the planet without the IS. Some recall that he was a hero in his hey day, others think he was from Ireland, but all agree that his permanent scowl was kinda scary.

One day, he had a visitor. According to the children in the play ground, she was a small girl in silver robes, and had appeared out of thin air. Even though his eyesight was long, he looked up. That was the only time anyone had seen him smile. And that was the last time anyone saw him around.

To the further disbelief of the adults, the children who quoted the girl wasn't making sense. It seemed to have no bearing to the current situation. Not when that man hated IS with his entire being.

But they all agree that she had said:

"I am Vandam, and you always were my pilot."

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RUNS AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!

YOUR GALAXY ALWAYS BEEN SHINING!! GO NEXT!!!

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Originally Posted by Eratas123

@ Senpai - Maybe Ichika beating up the thugs was because they attacked Rin first and bullied her? It just got overboard afterwards when gangs started to challenge him.

Yeah, like that. unfortunately, the more Ichika win (and frankly, he win every single fight), the more his "concept of justice" tainted by bloodlust and pride.

As the bonfire dance rolled on the parade square, Irish watched from the benches, his mind racing three times faster than the revelers of the post-school festival party. He dragged it for as long as he could, but as graduation loomed, he knew he had to do this now.

She then skipped over and plopped herself right by him. Irish's hairs instantly electrified, but he had been used to her being this close enough to not leap off the bench. The pair watched the dance mutely for a bit.

Karon then started humming Fuwa Fuwa Time to the beat of the taiko drums. That made Irish look and be lost in the moment.

"It's warm."

"What is."

"Your thoughts," Karon smiled. "They are very warm."

Irish hastily looked away. "Y-You're mistaken."

"Ah, I see."

Irish sucked in his guts, tried to bring up his courage, and watched the whole thing fall apart once more. Some soldier he was...

"Time flies, doesn't it?"

"Ah."

Karon laughed again, as the memory of that time came back to her. "First you asked me out, then tried to kill me, then got yourself almost killed in the process, then..."

"It's... um... quite unbelievable." Irish finally said, failing to speak his mind again. "Just yesterday, Humanity stood on the brink of extinction. Today, we're friends with the first aliens, and we're here having a school festival."

"Of course," Karon replied. "Today would be the last time No Hokago Kohi! is performing for ISA. Everyone was looking forward to it. I wasn't going to let some misunderstood alien invasion spoil it!"

"Y-You've haven't said anything about what you wanted to meet here, too."

"Ah, I see..."

Her voice sounded crestfallen.

"Alright, I'll go first the--"

"Stop," Irish perked up again. He willed himself up on his feet, and faced the seated girl squarely. "I-I won't be so much less of a man to let a woman speak first."

Yuu-kun kicked himself inside. Now he was following Ichika's advice too?

Karon tilted her head expectantly.

Irish heaved a sigh.

"I, you..."

Karon waited.

"I like you," Irish tried again. "I like you, Karon."

There, he said it! All the day's tension, suddenly free. But it then flew higher, as Karon's smile widened, and in the dim flickering bonfire's glow, seems to turn redder.

"Ah..." She croaked. She was smiling, at the same time beads of light appeared at the corner of her eyes. "This is great..."

Irish was taken aback. "Wait... Er... I didn't mean to upset you or anything! Erm, just... forget it..."

"No, no!" Karon said as she brushed her sleeves across her face. "I'm happy. I really really am! Thank you... Thank you so much..."

But the tears kept flowing.

"I'm sorry... I really shouldn't be like this..."

Irish swallowed. "Alright, your turn..."

"Yup... But now... It would be just too cruel..."

Yuu-kun frowned.

Karon stood up and faced away. "Ever since yesterday, the ELS have been fusing with Three Diagram, and its fast reaching critical mass. All that is missing now, is a catalyst given at the right time, and Three Diagram will complete Final Shift."

Irish's eyes went wide. "An IS the size of the Moon Shifting... That's... extremely crazy!"

Karon nodded.

"But I don't see what this has got to do with me, or us."

She turned back, trying her best to be brave.

"The catalyst, is a fully matured ISper."

Yuu-kun's heart sank.

"No, this can't be..."
"Yes, it is! All that I've worked for... "
"No you listen..."
"...to become Governor of the Regulators, was to change the world..."
"Karon you can't..."
"...Now I can do it. My dream, its finally here! I will make this all better!!"
"I WON'T ALLOW IT!!"

Irish pounced on Karon, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in as tight as he possibly could, as if to smother the wrenching pain in his chest.

"There... There has to be someone else... God-damn..."

Karon slowly returned his embrace.

"I've changed you. I've made you better. I'm happy for you. It is time... I made every one happy."

"...God-damn it..."

"I'm sorry, Yuu-kun..."

He stepped back, keeping both arms on her.

"You know what? Forget this Three Diagram shit. Stay here! Stay with me! There will be another Awakened ISper! You don't have...!

Irish's hands tightened, then softened, tightened, then slowly, he let go. Karon's smile gradually grew, as lights began to come free from her. As Irish stepped back, the Awakened began to glow, casting her own light into the night sky. Her body grew lighter; her feet floated off the ground. The lights collased around her, and with a flash exploded into her full Vandam armor. The twin drives on her elbows spewed forth torrents of brilliant red ST particles, forming wings that spread far. It wrapped around the school, and everyone stopped to stare.

"I'll be waiting right here, you hear me!!" Irish roared. "I'll be waiting right here next year, and the year after that, and the year after that! You better damn make it quick, or I'll fly right to the moon and fucking tear you out of Three Diagram!"

"YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!"

For a moment, all Irish could see was Karon wrapped around him.

"Thank you."

Then, the ball of light wrapped up, and with a resounding bang, the angel became a comet and disappeared into the heavens.

As the combined class of 3-1 and 3-2 fell into each other's arms, Irish sat down on the bench, biting his thumbs and closing his eyes, letting darkness descend on everything.

When three puppygirls named after pastries are on top of each other, it is called Eclair a'la menthe et Biscotti aux fraises avec beaucoup de Ricotta sur le dessus.
Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.

@ Senpai - Why does Ichika get bloodthirsty? This usually indicates pent up rage, resentment, or other negative issues.

Ichika always been very fierce when he was a kid, ESPECIALLY when he was a kid, he beaten a guy twice as large as he is for bullying Houki. In Junior high, he sended three guys into hospital for bullying Rin. This is Canon, by the way.

in Sacred twins, just before the departure of Rin, it got worse.... basically he's trying to convince himself that what he did is correct (it is, but still bad to beat people around), coupled with him just entering puberty (which means hormone induced raeg) and Dan's influence (who is almost as bad), we got Deconstructed Gang-beater Ichika.

(I was the one that gave FangKing the straight version of the idea btw ).

It's called "Missing year" (the time between Rin's departure and 6 months prior to the story), a year where Ichika (and Dan) entered his darkest teenage days, filled with violence and bloodshed.... and full of regret. This prompt Ichika and Dan to change for the better.

@ Zero - How is Dan a bad influence? Apart from being a pervert, which is par for the norm nowadays, he seems like a good and trustworthy friend.

Same symptom as Ichika, but particularly, Dan has Pride problems, you cannot insult him or his friend and get away unharmed.

Of course both of them has changed a lot in 6 months after they stopped (also the hilarious story within it, such as both of them became a Magazine model....), which result in current Ichika and Dan, a pair of nice guys.

@ Senpai - Show Dan actually having good moments with Ran and not just being her butt monkey crash test dummy. Also, how the hell is Dan a fashion model but lacks female attention?

You know that behind a ultra-handsome super star singer ALWAYS been four to six handsome male dancers/ back vocal right? Yeah, like that, and both of them only did it once (due to Chifuyu's interference) so pretty much everyone missed it...

Hence the reason why Dan wailed about he's not being popular despite having handsome face and charisma (Pfft), just wait until he went to I.S.A.....tempting fate much?

@ Zero - Tempting fate indeed But he did go to ISA in V5, no one really noticed him there.

We're talking about a festival, with families & friend of 300+ student came to I.S. academy. I assume he and Ichika not the only bishounen that came that day (once again, Ichika and Dan only did it once, so everyone knew them, except Chifuyu pretty much missed it).

Until Mayuzumi-senpai digging through her archive and find it that is....

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Originally Posted by Eratas123

Side note - I'm making a small teaser draft later for something I'll include in Shadow. Please read it if you can, it has IKaron in it to a degree.